[chee-noh] 
noun, plural -nos for 2, adjective | 1. | a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc. |
| 2. | Usually, chinos. trousers made of this material. |
| 3. | made of chino. |
[chee-noh] [chee-noh] | a city in SE California. 40,165. |
| a combining form representing Chinese in compound words: Chino-Tibetan. |
| chi·no (chē'nō, shē'-) n. pl. chi·nos
[American Spanish, mestizo, yellowish (from its original tan color), probably from Spanish chino, Chinese, from China, China.] |
| Chi·no (chē'nō) A city of southern California east of Los Angeles. It was founded in 1887. Population: 79,300. |